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Early stages into the Kloof (Photo : Colin Billau)Kloof An unofficial water/ice station .... (Photo : Colin Billau)Kloof Into the Kloof (Photo : Colin Billau)Kloof (Photo : Rhodes Run)Behind the scenes - Water Tables
Water Station goodies awaiting collection (Photo : Rhodes Run)Behind the scenes - Water Tables Setting up the Registration area in the Farmers Hall (Photo : Rhodes Run)Behind the scenes - Registration Preparing the Start/Finish area (Photo : Rhodes Run)Behind the scenes - Finish (Photo : Rhodes Run)Start/Finish
(Photo : Rhodes Run)First Ascent Valuable coverage (Photo : Rhodes Run)Buff Setting up the Registration Area (Photo : Rhodes Run)Behind the scenes - Registration First Ascent Bladerunners waiting for finishers (Photo : Rhodes Run)Behind the scenes - Registration
(Photo : Rhodes Run)Behind the scenes - Registration Specially made 2006 Rhodes Buff, space blanket & whistle (Photo : Rhodes Run)Runners Registration Handout (Photo : Rhodes Run)Jenny & Paul Selby at Registration Friday evening - registration and relaxing over pasta in the Farmers Hall...& hoping for snow! (Photo : Rhodes Run)Pasta evening
(Photo : Rhodes Run)Mavis Bank Farm Check Point Mavis Bank Farm Check Point at 13km awaits the runners (Photo : Greg R)Behind the scenes - Water Tables Checking & double checking stickers (Photo : Rhodes Run)Mavis Bank Farm Check Point Relaxing, waiting for first runners to come in (Photo : Rhodes Run)Finish
(Photo : Rhodes Run)Colourful spectators at the Finish (Photo : Rhodes Run)Finish (Photo : Rhodes Run)Mouth watering goodies on sale (Photo : Rhodes Run)Behind the scenes - Finish
Race Organiser, Evie Raubenheimer, keeping track on runners (Photo : Rhodes Run)Behind the scenes - Finish Checking results (Photo : Rhodes Run)Finish Setting up (Photo : Rhodes Run)Prize Giving Wayne Tucker - back in Rhodes (Photo : Rhodes Run)Finish
(Photo : Rhodes Run)Winners Trophy Medals & trophys (Photo : Rhodes Run)Prize Giving Gary Smith - 2nd Overall (Photo : Rhodes Run)Prize Giving Johnny Young - 3rd (Photo : Rhodes Run)Prize Giving
Mbulelo Speelman - 4th (Photo : Rhodes Run)Prize Giving Trevor Torien - 5th (Photo : Rhodes Run)Prize Giving Anthony Jeffrey - 6th (Photo : Rhodes Run)Prize Giving Patrick Snyman - 7th (Photo : Rhodes Run)Prize Giving
Kenny McCrindle - 8th (Photo : Rhodes Run)Prize Giving Raymond Cutts - 9th (Photo : Rhodes Run)Prize Giving Guy Jennings - 10th (Photo : Rhodes Run)Prize Giving Tammy Kelly  - 1st Lady & 3rd consecutive win - receiving Gold Medal, Trophy & Minature from Race Organiser, Evie Raubenheimer (Photo : Rhodes Run)Prize Giving
Cindy Rebello - 2nd Lady (Photo : Rhodes Run)Prize Giving Belinda Saunders - 2nd Sub Veteran Lady (Photo : Rhodes Run)Prize Giving 3rd Master home Beaumont Cooper estatic (Photo : Rhodes Run)Beaumont Cooper Maxie Hofmeyr receiving award for 1st Master lady from Brian Wimpey (Photo : Rhodes Run)Maxie Hofmeyr
Joint winners of the "Best Water Table" trophy - DM Kisch (on left) and the pupils from St Dominic's Priory Port Elizabeth outdoor club (the 'Klippies') (on right) (Photo : Rhodes Run)Prize Giving Mark Tolsma (Perm # 652) with Evie (Photo : Rhodes Run)Mark Tolsma (Photo : Quintin Braun)Prize Giving Peter Mariott, Paul Johnson and friends register (Photo : Rhodes Run)Registration
Friday afternoon - Registration (Photo : Rhodes Run)Behind the scenes - Registration Iain Morshead - 1st Overall - Gold Medal, Trophy and Minature presented by Eric Riemann (Buff) (Photo : Rhodes Run)Prize Giving Cold morning for Support Team (Photo : Greg R)Mavis Bank Farm Check Point Support Team planted flags in the Kloof (Photo : Eric Riemann : Buff)
Behind the scenes - Flags
7am.....  (Photo : Eric Riemann : Buff)Start Okey, now that Mavis is behind me and I've got my breath back.... "Roll camera!" (Photo : Eric Riemann : Buff)Mavis Bank Tammy Kelly interviewed by TV crew - Mavis Bank Border Check point (Photo: Eric Riemann : Buff)Tammy Kelly Tammy Kelly - interviewed at the Mavis Bank Border Check Point ("Queen of the Kloof") (Photo : Eric Riemann : Buff)Tammy Kelly
Not much talking going on over there!! (Photo : Eric Riemann : Buff)Mavis Bank (Photo : Rhodes Run)Lesotho border area Lesotho border area TV crew record the highest pancakes in South Africa - the Tintinger family (Photo : Eric Riemann : Buff)Lesotho View - Pancakes
Time for pancakes & a stretch at 27 km & 2666m (Photo : Eric Riemann : Buff)Lesotho View Water Station Lesotho border area (Photo : Eric Riemann : Buff)Lesotho border area (Photo : Eric Riemann : Buff)Gideon gets the shot
Lesotho border area (Photo : Rhodes Run)Lesotho border area (Photo : Eric Riemann : Buff)Lesotho border area Lesotho border area
(Photo : Eric Riemann : Buff)Heading towards the plunge down Carlisles Hoek (Photo : Eric Riemann : Buff)Heading towards the plunge down Carlisles Hoek (Photo : Eric Riemann : Buff)Heading towards the plunge down Carlisles Hoek (Photo : Eric Riemann : Buff)Carlisles Hoek
(Photo : Eric Riemann : Buff)Carlisles Hoek (Photo : Eric Riemann : Buff)Carlisles Hoek Spot the runners coming up Mavis Bank, and making their way over the last few bumps in the Kloof (Photo : Eric Riemann : Buff)Mavis Bank ~ 'The Conversation Stopper' The Tintinger Family provided hot cinnamon pancakes for cold runners at their water station positioned at the wind swept Lesotho View (2666m) (Photo : Eric Riemann : Buff)Lesotho View - Pancakes
Tiffendell Support Team geared up against the bitter cold wind (Photo : Eric Riemann : Buff)Tiffendell Water Station Mbulelo Speelman - 4th Overall (Photo : Kylie Griffin)Finish Placing flags in the Kloof (Photo : Rhodes Run)Behind the scenes - Flags Placing flags - Mavis looms in front (Photo : Rhodes Run)Behind the scenes - Flags
Flag team playing in the snow on way back to the village from Mavis Bank (Thursday prior to Run) (Photo : Rhodes Run)Behind the scenes - Flags Evie's Support Team with Buff & 2006 shirts (Photo : Rhodes Run)Behind the scenes - Support Team First Ascent Bladerunner shirt, Rhodes 2006 Buff, Special dated medal, space blanket, whistle, sherry, Powerade (Photo : Rhodes Run)Runners Rewards - 2006 Collecting marker boards the day after the Run (Photo : Rhodes Run)Behind the scenes - Support Team
Heading towards Mavis Bank Farm - brief 'conversation stopper' ahead (Photo : Colin Billau)Henning water station (Photo : Eric Riemann : Buff)Tiffendell Water Station Running past Lesotho View into the icy head wind (Photo : Eric Riemann : Buff)Battling wind on Lesotho Border road (Photo : Rhodes Run)Pasta evening
Erina du Toit - 3rd LadyPrize Giving Kenny McCrindle ( # 634) (Photo : Rhodes Run)Prize Giving : Permanent Number Sean Coles (Photo : Rhodes Run)Prize Giving : Permanent Number Tammy Kelly (# 636) (Photo : Rhodes Run)Prize Giving : Permanent Number
Brendas Gresse (# 637) (Photo : Rhodes Run)Prize Giving : Permanent Number Bennie Burger (Photo : Rhodes Run)Prize Giving : Permanent Number Denny Taljaardt (# 641) (Photo : Rhodes Run)Prize Giving : Permanent Number Corrie Rautenbach (Photo : Rhodes Run)Prize Giving : Permanent Number
Bruce King (Photo : Rhodes Run)Prize Giving : Permanent Number Renette Kriel (# 644) (Photo : Rhodes Run)Prize Giving : Permanent Number Andrew Booyens (Photo : Rhodes Run)Prize Giving : Permanent Number Belinda Saunders (# 646) (Photo : Rhodes Run)Prize Giving : Permanent Number
Wayne Rebello (Photo : Rhodes Run)Prize Giving : Permanent Number Dries Olivier (Photo : Rhodes Run)Prize Giving : Permanent Number Mike Roy (Photo : Rhodes Run)Prize Giving : Permanent Number Pat Kelly ( # 651) (Photo : Rhodes Run)Prize Giving : Permanent Number
Mark Tolsma (# 652) (Photo : Rhodes Run)Prize Giving : Permanent Number Russell McIntosh ( # 653) (Photo : Rhodes Run)Prize Giving : Permanent Number Donald Harper (Photo : Rhodes Run)Prize Giving : Permanent Number Peter de Groot (Photo : Rhodes Run)Prize Giving : Permanent Number
Louis Bolt (Photo : Rhodes Run)Prize Giving : Permanent Number Theunis Carstens (Photo : Rhodes Run)Prize Giving : Permanent Number Danie Grobler (Photo : Rhodes Run)Prize Giving : Permanent Number Ernst van den Berg (Photo : Rhodes Run)Prize Giving : Permanent Number
Johann Wessels (Photo : Rhodes Run)Prize Giving : Permanent Number Yvette Louw (Photo : Rhodes Run)Prize Giving : Permanent Number Eddie Lentz (Photo : Rhodes Run)Prize Giving : Permanent Number David Vink (Photo : Rhodes Run)Prize Giving : Permanent Number
Marlene du Preez (Photo : Rhodes Run)Prize Giving : Permanent Number Bruce Deeley-Smith (Photo : Rhodes Run)Prize Giving : Permanent Number Corrie Janse van Rensburg (Photo : Rhodes Run)Prize Giving : Permanent Number Paul Haupt (Photo : Rhodes Run)Prize Giving : Permanent Number
Vasco Nel (Photo : Rhodes Run)Prize Giving : Permanent Number Graham Nicholl (Photo : Rhodes Run)Prize Giving : Permanent Number Gary Smith - 1st Sub Veteran Men (Photo : Rhodes Run)Prize Giving Anthony Jeffrey - 2nd Sub Veteran  - Silver Medal (Photo : Rhodes Run)Prize Giving
Patrick Snyman - 3rd Sub Veteran (Photo : Rhodes Run)Prize Giving Tammy Kelly - Gold Medal - 1st Sub Veteran Ladies (Photo : Rhodes Run)Prize Giving Kathy Kruger - 3rd Sub Veteran Lady (Photo : Rhodes Run)Prize Giving Iain Morshead - receiving Mathew Wimpey Memorial Trophy & Gold Medal - 1st Veteran Men (Photo : Rhodes Run)Prize Giving
Trevor Torien - 2nd Veteran (Photo : Rhodes Run)Prize Giving Kenny McCrindle - 3rd Veteran (Photo : Rhodes Run)Prize Giving Cindy Rebello - Gold Medal and Trophy - 1st Veteran Lady (Photo : Rhodes Run)Prize Giving Renette Kriel - 2nd Veteran Lady (Photo : Rhodes Run)Prize Giving
Miema Murrey - 3rd Veteran Lady (Photo : Rhodes Run)Prize Giving Bennie Burger - 1st Master - Gold Medal & Trophy (Photo : Rhodes Run)Prize Giving Tewie Maree - 2nd Master (Photo : Rhodes Run)Prize Giving a pumped Beaumont Cooper - 3rd Master Men (Photo : Rhodes Run)Prize Giving
Charmaine Clarke - 2nd Master Lady (Photo : Rhodes run)Prize Giving Marianna Minty - 3rd Master Lady (Photo : Rhodes Run)Prize Giving Bert van der Raad - 1st Grandmaster (Photo : Rhodes Run)Prize Giving Orton Bekker - 2nd Grandmaster (Photo : Rhodes Run)Prize Giving
Tammy Kelly (Overall Ladies Winner) receiving "Queen of the Kloof" trophy from Brain Wimpey (Photo : Rhodes Run)Tammy Kelly Andrew, one of the 'Klippies', helping with the flags in the Kloof (Photo & Layout : Eric Riemann : Buff)Behind the scenes - Flags Mbulelo Speelman checks in at the 13km Check Point (Photo : Rhodes Run)Mavis Bank Farm Check Point Iain Morshead (Overall Winner) receiving "King of the Kloof" trophy from Brian Wimpey (Photo : Rhodes Run)Iain Morshead
Race organiser, Evie Raubenheimer, preparing for registration (Photo : Rhodes Run)Behind the scenes - Registration Evie's Support Team on race morning (Photo : Rhodes Run)Support Team Iain Morshead - 1st Overall [4:19:34] (Photo : Kylie Griffin)Finish Gary Smith - 2nd Overall [4:30:16] (Photo : Kylie Griffin)Finish
Johnny Young - 3rd Overall [4:35:58] (Photo : Kylie Griffin)Finish Mbulelo Speelman - 4th Overall & 1st Novice [4:43:23]  (Photo : Kylie Griffin)Finish Mbulelo Speelman (4th Overall) receiving trophy for 1st Rhodes Runner from Brian Wimpey (Photo : Rhodes Run)Mbulelo Speelman Loading up - getting ready to hike into the Kloof on Friday ... and it started to rain... (Photo : Jamie)Behind the scenes - Klippies in the Kloof
Preparing to hike into the Kloof on Friday ......yep, that's the kitchen sink! (Photo : Jamie)Behind the scenes - Klippies in the Kloof Preparing to hike into the Kloof on Friday (Photo : Jamie)Behind the scenes - Klippies in the Kloof Preparing to hike into the Kloof on Friday (Photo : Jamie)Behind the scenes - Klippies in the Kloof Water station set up - waiting for runners (Photo : Jamie)Behind the scenes - Klippies in the Kloof
Preparing to hike into the Kloof on Friday (Photo : Andrew F)Behind the scenes - Klippies in the Kloof The very cold Klippies camp (Photo : Jamie)Behind the scenes - Klippies in the Kloof Joint winners of "Best Water Table" - legal team from DM Kisch (Johannesburg) who manned the bitterly cold Mavis Bank Border Check Point at 21km.
Richard, Brian & Karel represent the team. (Photo : Rhodes Run)Prize Giving

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